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‘Operation Southern Slow Down’ traffic safety campaign underway across the region this week
Today kicked off a multi-state crack-down on speeding in the southeast. The safety campaign, Operation Southern Slow Down, was created to increase enforcement on major highways and interstates during travel periods when fatality rates are at the highest. The five day enforcement period which runs from July 15th to July 19th this year will ramp …
Tennessee American Water accepting 2024 Firefighting Support Grant applications
Tennessee American Water has announced that they are accepting grant applications for the 2024 Firefighting Support Grant Program. These grants provide financial assistance to uniformed, professional, and volunteer fire departments in the Tennessee American Water service areas including sale-for-resale areas. Grants up to $1,000 will be awarded to cover department costs for equipment such as …
Final day to vote for Marion County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, and Community Impact awards
Today is the final day to vote for the Marion County Chamber of Commerce awards for 2024. Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, and Community Impact awards are given each year to by the Chamber recognizing the people, businesses, and organizations in the community that have done great things over the past year. …
Jasper, Kimball, and Whitwell Fire Departments take part in pump operations and draft class over the weekend
Volunteer firefighters with the Jasper, Kimball, and Whitwell Volunteer Fire Departments took part in a join training effort on Saturday in Jasper. The 16-hour training covered pump operations and a draft class, necessary for the department members to have a better operational understanding of equipment and how to properly “draft” water from a temporary tank …
Federal appeals court says there is no fundamental right to change sex on a birth certificate in Tennessee
A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 on Friday that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change their sex designation on their birth certificates in the state. “There is no fundamental right to a birth certificate recording gender identity instead of biological sex,” 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
Tennessee lawmaker proposes death penalty for illegals convicted of sex crimes
U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-D5) has proposed legislation which would allow for the death penalty being applied as a sentence to illegal immigrants convicted of committing rape or sexual abuse while in the country illegally. Rep. Ogles filed the bill in Congress last week, otherwise known as the Justice for American Women and Children Act …
TBI Investigating Grundy County Inmate Death
The TBI continues to investigate the death of a man that was in custody last Wednesday (May 29) at the Grundy County Jail in Altamont, Tennessee. According to officials with the TBI, 53-year-old Ronnie Glenn Ledbetter of Decherd, TN was found to be unresponsive when he arrived at the jail on Wednesday morning after being …
Federal lawsuit filed accusing Erlanger of false insurance claims and unlawful kickbacks
A federal lawsuit filed against Erlanger in 2021 has been made public following a court order that was handed down in earlier this month on May 8th, 2024. The lawsuit claims that in April of 2013, Erlanger started offering and paying unlawful kickbacks to doctors who referred patients to the hospital. The lawsuit also claims …
Marion County Sheriff’s Department announces Kindness Awards recipients from all area schools
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department in cooperation with our local schools in the area awarded selected students in each school with a “Kindness Award” this school year. School staff and the School Resource Deputy chose a student within each school in the county to be recognized. Recipients must have exhibited friendliness to all, generosity, and …
TN Governor Lee signs bill requiring domestic violence offenders to wear GPS device
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill that would require a court to order domestic violence offenders to wear a GPS device in the state. HB2692/SB1972 would require the offender to wear the GPS device unless they no longer pose a threat to the alleged victim or public safety. The bill was signed by the …
